{"id":434,"date":"2011-09-08T16:14:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T20:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.123print.com\/?p=434"},"modified":"2011-09-08T16:14:58","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T20:14:58","slug":"you-are-cordially-invited-to-scan-this-qr-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/you-are-cordially-invited-to-scan-this-qr-code\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are Cordially Invited…to Scan This QR Code"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By now just about everyone has seen those funky little white squares with random patterns of black speckles and dots.\u00a0 They’re on web sites, on coupons, in ads and on packages.\u00a0 They’re called quick response, or QR, codes.\u00a0 Because nearly any kind of data or information, including links to websites and even online maps, can be encoded on them and\u00a0most any recently-made smartphone with a camera and\u00a0the proper app\u00a0can\u00a0decode them; they’re taking the world by storm.\u00a0 What’s even cooler is that with a quick search for “QR Code generator” you can find a plethora of free tools to make your own QR codes that can be imported into anything you can drop a picture into!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Some folks who are a little more on the nerdy side – um, I mean prone to adopting technology early – have been using QR codes on their business cards to make entering their contact info and other\u00a0details into smartphones easy.\u00a0 But did you ever consider using a QR code on a party or wedding invitation<\/a>?\u00a0 If you did, then you’re geekier than us and we’d like to hear your ideas!\u00a0 If you didn’t, don’t worry, because your friends here at 123Print<\/a> did.\u00a0 Here’s a few ideas:<\/p>\n

Registry Information – QR Code Style<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one is kind of an etiquette call – some experts say don’t include registry info in wedding invitations, others say do it because it makes it easier for the guests and still other say to include it on a separate business card-size enclosure.\u00a0 No matter how you decide to handle publicizing your registry, most retailers that do them provide access to them through the web.\u00a0 Encode the address of your registry as a QR code so that guests can bring the list up on their phone when they’re in the store!\u00a0 Some stores actually provide a pre-made QR code to make it even easier.<\/p>\n

End\u00a0Argeuments\u00a0Over Asking for Directions with\u00a0a QR Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unless everyone coming to your wedding is local and you’re not going to have to travel between the ceremony and the reception; chances are a map or two will end up coming into play.\u00a0 You could certainly print out little maps and fold them into you invitations or put the maps on a website and direct guests to it.\u00a0 But even better you could provide them with a QR code with the map encoded on it that they can open on their phone and have with them in their car.\u00a0 Depending on their phone, the map may even sync with GPS and tell them how to get there.\u00a0 Not all QR code generators work with maps and not all map services generate QR codes, but a search for “QR Code from Map” will provide the latest solutions.\u00a0 If all else fails, create your map with an online map service, copy its URL and encode it to a QR code.<\/p>\n

Make Sure Everyone Has Your Wedding Website in Their Pocket with a QR Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

As complicated as weddings can be these days having a wedding website or wedding blog is a great idea!\u00a0 Unless you actually buy a domain that’s easy to remember; they can sometimes have really long and complicated URLs.\u00a0 If you’ve ever tired to remember, and enter into a smartphone, a complicated URL you’ll know where we’re going with this!\u00a0 So encode the URL of your wedding site or blog in a QR code and include it where you mention your site in your invitation.\u00a0 This way guests can scan the code, save the site on their phone and have all the info about your wedding in their pocket everywhere they go!<\/p>\n

But I Don’t Want That Ugly Thing on My Wedding Invitation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unless you’re really stoked on technology chances are you think QR codes are ugly.\u00a0 Yeah, they are.\u00a0 No, emblazoning them on the front of your pretty wedding invitation probably won’t win you any design contests.\u00a0 The simple solution is to use the back side of your invitation or a separate, smaller business card-size card to put any additional information – such as directions, your wedding website or registry information – on.\u00a0 Just put the appropriate QR code next to the text and you can take full advantage of this technology and still have a traditional-looking wedding invitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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